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Nicholas II is crowned as the Czar of Russia
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Bloody Sunday in St. Pertersburg begins the 1905 Russian Revolution
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The October Manifesto, issued by Czar Nicholas II, brings an end to the 1905 Russian Revolution by promising Cival Liberties and elected paralement
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A consititution is created, reflecting the promises made in the October Manifesto (Fundemental laws of 1906).
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World War one begins
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Czar Nicholas II assumes supreme command of russian army
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Rasputin murdered
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The February Revolution begins with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies in Petrograd
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Czar Nicholas II abdicates and includes his son. The following day, Nicholas' brother, Mikhail announced his refusal to accept the throne. Provisional Government formed
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Lenin returns from exile and arrives in Petrograd via a sealed train
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The July Days begin in Petrograd with spontaneous protests against the Provisional Government; after the Bolsheviks unsuccessfully try to direct these protests into a coup, Lenin is forced into hiding
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Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government
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The Kornilov Affair, a failed coup by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army
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The Bolsheviks take over Petrograd (also called the November Revolution if following the Gregorian calendar)
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The Winter Palace, the last holdout of the Provisional Government, is taken by the Bolsheviks; the Council of People's Commissars (abbreviated as Sovnarkom), led by Lenin, is now in control of Russia
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The new Bolshevik government converts Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar turning February 1 into February 14
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Between Germany and Russia, is signed and takes Russia out of World War I
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The Bolshevik Party changes its name to the Communist Party
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The capital of Russia is changed from St. Petersburg to Moscow
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Russian Cilval war begins
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Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed
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An assassination attempt leaves Lenin seriously wounded
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Russian civil war ends
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Stalin is appointed General Secretary
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Lenin suffers first stroke
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Lenin suffers second stroke and dies
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) established
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Lenin dies Stalin will become his successor